Deployment Enablment Manager

Astreya•Remote, CO, CO

1d•$92,880 - $154,800

About The Position

The Deployment & Operations Enablement Manager owns day-to-day program management for a next-generation network infrastructure program and serves as the single point of contact for vendor and cross-functional communications. The role streamlines program management involvement, reduces vendor confusion and internal fragmentation, and maintains a lean, risk-focused, operationally mature meeting cadence. This is a hands-on, tactical role focused on building and running program mechanisms rather than simply reporting status. The manager owns recurring meetings, drives vendor and partner commitments to closure, advances deployment schedules and escalations, and oversees program dashboards. They will establish schedules, standups, and program mechanisms from scratch as the program matures. The position coordinates multiple engineering teams, external partners, suppliers, and workstreams across network deployment and operations. It includes risk and escalation management, executive updates, dashboard oversight, continuous improvement, and the transition to a repeatable business-as-usual operating model. Travel of 25–40% to data center and colocation sites is required, along with flexibility to support critical milestones outside standard hours.

Requirements

5–8 years of progressive project or program management experience within network infrastructure, optical or telecommunications deployment, data center construction, or critical facility programs.
Strong understanding of network and optical infrastructure deployment, including fiber splicing, plane migration, spine and leaf delivery, BOMs, and CBB and EBB onboarding.
Familiarity with site readiness workstreams, including colocation space and power, equipment logistics, material shortfalls, and shipping and warehouse coordination.
Ability to read and interpret network designs and paths and deployment tracker structures, or demonstrated willingness to learn.
Proficiency with project management and dashboard tools, and comfort building data models and scenario analyses.
Hands-on experience with LLM platforms and agentic AI tools, such as Claude, GPT-4, or Gemini, to automate reporting workflows and orchestrate multi-step program tasks.
Credibility running meetings with senior engineering and operations stakeholders and driving them toward decisions.
Strong vendor and partner management judgment, including escalation timing and audience.
Proven ability to influence without authority across multiple vendors and internal teams.
Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, high-pressure environments with aggressive schedules and frequent remediation cycles.
Track record of driving accountability through follow-up and not accepting deferred commitments when milestones are at risk.
Outstanding written and verbal communication, including the ability to distill multi-site status into a clear executive readout.
Experience managing programs in the $1M–$10M range with multiple concurrent workstreams and cross-functional dependencies.
Direct experience owning vendor relationships through manufacturing, delivery, and field execution.
Experience working with MSPs and field operations teams across multiple concurrent sites.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience (8+ years in network or data center deployment).
Travel required: 25–40% to data center and colocation sites for deployment coordination, site visits, and program offsites.
Ability to obtain site access badges and pass background checks for data center and colocation facilities.
Flexibility to support critical deployment milestones outside standard hours, including daily standups seven days a week during peak deployment and SEV response.
Strong commitment to fostering an inclusive, supportive, and collaborative work environment.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in hyperscale or large-scale network deployment environments.
PMP, CDCP, CAPM, or CSM certification.
BICSI, fiber optic, or similar network and cabling certifications.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end program management from initiation through completion.
Drive strategic programs and alignment across complex dependencies involving engineering teams, external partners, and competing priorities.
Own or establish RAID trackers, workback schedules, and other detailed schedules as required.
Build scenarios and data models to support planning decisions for sites tracking red, including fallout scenarios.
Own and run the core program cadence, including the bi-weekly Core Team sync, deployment vendor syncs, operations vendor syncs, and weekly leadership 1:1s.
Contribute to partner-owned forums, including the vendor training program.
Establish and run site daily standups as deployment pressure requires, including seven-day-a-week coverage during peak periods.
Reduce total meeting count by approximately 50% by shifting discussion from line-by-line reviews to program risks, quality issues, and critical near-term deliverables.
Serve as the single point of contact for vendor and cross-functional communications across Optical, Deployment and IP, Operations and Supplier Management, Equipment and Logistics, and Space and Power.
Drive manufacturing, shipment, and delivery commitments to closure.
Manage field execution alignment with vendors and training readiness with the training partner.
Follow up directly on shipments and commitments through email and chat, and unblock people rather than only maintaining trackers.
Manage escalations and SEV visibility across the program, including monitoring site SEVs and requesting updates.
Proactively identify material shortfalls, equipment and logistics gaps, and space and power readiness risks; drive mitigation plans to closure to protect committed turn-up dates.
Oversee Space & Power, Deployments, and Operations dashboards, ensuring data is current and decision-ready.
Provide weekly updates to the executive leadership team for H2 2026 completion tracking.
Use dashboards and data as primary reporting and decision-making tools, using one-pagers rather than narrative status reports.
Drive the transition from incubator-style program management to a repeatable business-as-usual operating model.
Run retrospectives, including the planned offsite retrospective, and convert findings into program mechanism changes.
Standardize templates, trackers, and cadence artifacts so new sites can onboard faster.

Benefits

Medical insurance through UHC (PPO, HSA, and Surest options) or, for California employees only, Kaiser (HMO option).
Dental insurance through UHC.
Vision insurance through UHC.
Flexible Spending Account for health and dependent care.
Pre-tax commuter benefit for parking and transit, depending on location.
Continuing education and professional development through platforms such as Udemy and Coursera.
Corporate wellness program.
Employee Assistance Program.
Wellness Days.
401(k) plan.
Basic and supplemental life insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Critical illness, critical hospital, and voluntary accident insurance.
Tuition reimbursement, available six months after start date and capped.
Paid Time Off, accrued and prorated, up to 120 hours annually.
Paid holidays.
Other statutory leaves, paid time, or ancillary benefits required under state and federal law.